Data Source

Data Source

These figures utilize data from the Climate Change in the American Mind (CCAM) project. Led by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason Center for Climate Change Communication, CCAM consists of national survey data on climate change beliefs collected between 2008 and 2018 (excluding 2009) and includes over 20,000 data points.

Raleigh Goodwin created the plots on this page using the ggplot package.

Citations:

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (YPCCC) & George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication (Mason 4C). (2020). Climate Change in the American Mind: National survey data on public opinion (2008-2018) [Data file and codebook]. doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/JW79P

Ballew, M. T., Leiserowitz, A., Roser-Renouf, C., Rosenthal, S. A., Kotcher, J. E., Marlon, J. R., Lyon, E., Goldberg, M. H., & Maibach, E. W. (2019). Climate Change in the American Mind: Data, tools, and trends. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 61(3), 4-18. doi: 10.1080/00139157.2019.1589300